Membership

We provide on-the-spot membership service to all the bonafide students/faculty/ staff of our University.

Our Library creates membership of all the students admitted to different Courses/Departments by collecting students’ data from the Registration Branch. The collected data is ported in the Library management software so that students need not apply for Library membership (online or offline) by filling up any application form.

 LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP:

              The users of University Library consist of the university community and the growth of JLN Library Membership is as below:

Member category	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Teachers	516	490	446	428	405
Research Scholar	233	298	278	318	358
Students	6991	8288	7230	5667	6063
Employees	1009	974	937	912	887
Special Membership	17	15	12	12	12
Total	8766	10065	8903	7337	7725

CATEGORY OF LIBRARY MEMBERS

 Sr. No.        Category of Member                    No. of books              Loan period

1.                Teachers                                         12                                  1 month
2.                Ph.D Scholars and M. Phil            8                                    1 month
3.                Post Graduate Students                6                                   14 days
4.                Non-teaching Staff                         2                                   14 days
5.                Special Members                            2                                   14 days
6.            Teachers from affiliated colleges     2                                  14 days

Instruction:-

• Students need to use University’s Library ID card for accessing the Library and no separate Library card would be provided.
• Students need to activate their Library account (for the first time) by visiting the Library (whenever possible) by producing their University Library ID card.
• Faculty/staff members may avail on the spot membership by visiting the Library (Circulation Desk) with their University Library ID card.
• For membership related queries: librariankuk@kuk.ac.in(with a subject line: Membership)

Circulation Desk

The Circulation Desk is one of the important sections of the Library from where students can check out books, return books, pay fines, etc. The Desk is located near the main entrance of the Library.

• Borrowers can view the transactions and accordingly they plan to borrow/return books.
• Users can also use this Desk for asking any queries. Depending upon the nature of the query the on-duty staff directs the user to the right source or senior Library staff.
• The overdue charges are collected at the Circulation Desk.
• For No Dues Certificate the said Desk may be contacted.

User Literacy

Library literacy programmes provide one-to-one and small group tutoring and instruction programmes on how to use the Library resources. Such programmes help the learners connect with the library resources and best utilize them on their own. The Library regularly organises user literacy programmes ranging from how to avail library and information services to resources such as databases, software, tools, etc.

We also encourage students to reach out to us to request for any training programmes.

Remote Access

The Library provides the following remote services to our users:

• Remote access to the subscribed databases*
• Remote access assistance to use the subscribed/open access databases
• 24×7 remote access library catalogue and institutional digital repository
• On-demand online orientation/ training programmes
• Basic troubleshooting of any access related issues to library resources

Services for Divyangjan

The Library is Divyangjan friendly with necessary and basic amenities. We provide special services for Divyangjan studying in our University. Some of the services/facilities that we provide are:

• Ramps, elevators, drinking water, reading room, etc. are in place.
• On-demand staff-assisted borrowing facility is provided.
• For hassle-free renewal of books, Divyangjan may renew books on phone call.
• A dedicated Lab for Visual Impaired Students rendered with Assistive Technology Facility.

For any assistance, Divyangjan may please contact our Library team. We would love to assist.

Reference service:

 It implies the provision of human being as canvassing agent for the learning resources. It truly, reveals the position of the library ethics, and is in fact, barometer of library reputation amongst its patrons. Reference Desk, headed by a Senior Professional, is located in the ground floor. The Reference Librarian, assisted by other library staff, guides/helps the library users in location, selection of documents/information, use of OPAC, and to procure information from other libraries if the need be.

Internet Surfing:

There are as of now 150 internet nodes in the library. These are located in the separate internet enabled Computer labs with High Speed LAN connectivity and a few are at different floors in the library. This service is offered to the bonafide library members free of cost.

On Line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC/Library Web OPAC):

It is the representation of the library’s collection of learning resources. The catalogue is globally accessible to all the users through Internet.

Photocopying Services

Photocopying Service is provided from 9.00 A.M to 5.00 P.M during all working days.

Extension Service (Departmental Libraries):

 There are 37 departmental Libraries and Central Library has transferred the core collection of the respective departments for easy access.

Display of New and immediate Arrivals; For the wide publicity of latest collection added in the library and displayed in reference Section.